by Guest | Jan 7, 2010 | Blog
Off-Topic invites artists, curators, writers, and cultural workers to discuss a subject not directly related to the practice of making art. We would like to welcome Alicia Eler as our latest guest with her post, “Where did all the Tweets go? A conversation lost...
by Guest | Dec 24, 2009 | Blog
Ghillie Suits Guest post by Jeriah Hildwine Recently on display at 65 Grand was An Object In The Woods, featuring artwork by Bob Jones. One of Jones’ works is titled Ghillie Suit. I hardly needed the title to know what it was about; I’m quite familiar with...
by Guest | Dec 14, 2009 | Blog
Photographer Larry Sultan has died at the age of 63. The New York Times reports that the cause was cancer. From his obituary: Larry Sultan, a highly influential California photographer whose 1977 collaboration, “Evidence” – a book made up solely of...
by Guest | Dec 14, 2009 | Blog
Editors’ Note: Liz Nielsen’s is the last post in our week-long series on Apartment Galleries in Chicago, all of which were originally written for Floor Length and Tux’s “Untitled Circus” event a few weeks ago. A number of essays on...
by Guest | Dec 10, 2009 | Blog
Guest Post by Jennifer Breckner Some Notes on Hosting Brian O’Doherty, in his seminal 1976 book, Inside the White Cube: The Ideology of the Gallery Space, takes the traditional gallery space to task, critiquing the manner in which its white walls became the de...